Point of view poetry....Philosophy is for the weak willed !

PHILOSOPHY IS FOR THE ‘WEAK-WILLED’








The lust for experimenting is a luxury
That only a weak-willed person can enjoy
as one who has a strong determination and a head
that is free from conflicts ,would only be indulging
In the necessities of compromise !

(If you are confused then you are possibly a thinker
as only a thinker is liable to get mixed up...)

Philosophy, much different from what is normally believed,
Is a product of emotions ; not of intellect !

To take an orange, peel it, and squeeze the juice
.....is no philosophy, it is a skill
Any strong-willed person can learn…

But to look at orange seeds as well, not just to throw them
....and being tempted to grow more oranges….
Is a childishness only a visionary can perform !!!

(also posted sometimes back in http://bhaskarbenjamin.wordpress.com)

Great Indian Recipes....!!! The Academic Fudge

"THE ACADEMIC FUDGE"

Take a lad who is bright
with an average or over IQ
peel off his creative urges
put him in a scholarly stew

then boil this green ingredient
for full term of secondary years
...now dip him in the UNIV.
to cool off his remaining fears !

now...take out this fully
schooled lump of a man
and marinate in the PHD
to unlearn whatever he can !

you now have a ready teacher
who tastes like an academic sure
and if your processing was thorough
you can bet he is 99% pure !!!

then take this rich scholar
make him teach a few classes
these would be a wooden cask for sure....
he'll mature...as do molasses !

when fermentation is over
when he has taught for fifteen years
... you now have a greying species
who by books and papers swears !

now this middle aged preparation
is ripe to become a professor
and if the 'yeast' has succeeded
he'll be the VC's successor !

One note of caution .....!
is a must for this recipe :
never leave it in the open air
....keep it covered by some 'degree' !

POINT OF VIEW POETRY.........NO PUSHING !

NO PUSHING !

Only thing I dont like about a boat ride
is that we push the water backwards....
....again and again....to get ahead !

Come...let us go for such a ride...in the river
where there is no pushing !

Come....let us ride on the waves of water !!!

POETRY IN EDUCATION...IN.VERSE.ECONOMICS

IN.VERSE.ECONOMICS



Whatever you study in different economic courses
is about the management …or messing up of resources

Resources are scarce….this is a fact…that is sad
and if we don’t optimise….it is bad….it is bad !!!

So whatever you read in any blessed book of Economics
is to teach you these fundas…these very useful tricks

Demand curve is a straight line….you might laugh
but all you’ve got to learn…is to plot it on a graph

as when the demand goes up …prices shall rise
you buy more if things get cheaper….only if you are wise

marginal utility….a term that is so great…..
first chocolate tastes good…not so…if you have eight

Micro economics is about finding equilibriums
and Macro economics is about totals…about sums…

Micro-economists have assumed you are rational
and Macro economics is about incomes…that are national

So don’t fret…down frown…economics is fun
with a given limited resource, you can make butter or a gun

but sometimes life is strange …we do things that are eerie
and these are the times…real tests for these theories

each year someone gets a Nobel for economics
and a year might come when we have found all the tricks

Humans are needy…and greedy…they want more
and this is the reason… Eco theory … can never bore !!!

POINT OF VIEW POETRY....FREEDOM

"FREEDOM"


It’s a myth that anyone can be totally free
Even the birds are not !

I can say this without any doubt or hesitation
As I have spent days and days
In a deserted city park, totally free to the onlookers...

Lazing around , doing nothing...
But little did those onlookers realize that
I was sentenced to this freedom
I was sentenced as I could not conform !

And during this ‘total freedom’ I was carrying
A non-stop computer on my poor shoulders

I seldom saw the birds playing and scooting
On the rippled lake of that municipal park
But when I saw them, once in a while...

I noticed that these birds too had been sentenced
To their freedom; they too had a pattern
They too had their fears, they too had their norms !

Occasionally I saw a lone non-conforming maverick bird
But he too did not seem totally free !!!

DIFFERENT POETRY.... REBEL QUATRAIN ?

REBEL QUATRAIN :

The age of reason
And the sage of season
The fury of fools
And ruffians of rules

Intense intellect
Normally selects
Red herring for a clue ;
But feelings are true

One eats to survive
And cheats to just thrive
This cheating and eating
Then the heart stops beating !

We call him a master
Who runs a bit faster
On the circumference of logic
Our judgement is tragic !

Oh! Ode to the codes
Traffic lights on life’s roads
Where a free spirit is blocked
As schools hate to be shocked !

The karmic code
For some is the lode
Not to find --- but to lose
With a heaven-sent excuse !

The silent majority
Or the vocal authority
Isn’t proof enough of right
Solid mass is seldom bright !

If majority can’t be wrong
With this thought you go along
Then you too add to the mass
For more to follow you, alas !

NATURE POETRY....PAINTING OF AN AUGUST SKY

The sky was clear, pale blue, after some showers,
A stray white cloud floated in a corner, a rainbow appeared
And I decided to paint( this glorious sight) !

While I was getting started with my brushes and paint,
The sky , suddenly changed !

The entire blue canvas was now covered with yellow-white clouds,

thickly coated with paint, it seemed.

I had painted these clouds for only a few moments when

these clouds again changed into a thin layer of grey-brown paint !

I mixed fresh colours and was thinning the paint when
Someone quickly put orange yellow streaks on to the now almost invisible clouds !

I took a short breather, thought I will paint the trees first
And let the sky dry out it’s paint !

But while I was mixing green and dark green,
The sky turned red and the trees too, had been repainted !

For hour and a half, I made gallant efforts to paint the open sky
But an invisible painter was painting and repainting…
Putting fresh colour and new strokes…..

…And all I had in the end were
some yellow,
some brown, some red-green
and some wet blue patches
on my painting sheet !

TRAVEL POETRY....Be a Traveller

BE A TRAVELLER


Be a traveller and explore
each day…each way…
there is a lot in store !

Don’t be just a tourist
don’t try to hit and run
Nature’s splendor is abundant
do not package all the fun !

How is a traveller different
from a tourist…I will explain :

A tourist goes on a vacation
but a traveller walks in rain !

One cant carry everything back..
not even in a camera roll
leave behind something…instead
even a smile…then you’ve done your role !

This world is far too beautiful
Don’t try to see…in a hurry !
Become a seeker of experiences..
become a traveller…who has no worry !!!

HUMOR POETRY...MISS NOMER

MISS NOMER

Our home-spun Homer
Is having quite an odyssey
Since he married miss Nomer !

He was quite a roamer
(Now is chained to his house)
Can be truly called a ‘homer’

Nomer, as is her habit
Is mostly off the mark
But is always right on target
(With a nail and a hammer)
When it comes to poor Homer !

Homer needs a respite, freedom from this Nomer
But he is so utterly confused, there is no way to leave her

He longs to be a loner, but is simply a goner
And wedlock as a word, for him is no misnomer !!!

POETRY IN EDUCATION...in-verse-edu

IN.VERSE.EDU



A thing about education one has to always remember
It is not to learn in Jan….and forget by December !

Education is not…should not…be linked with grades
it is time to be real…call spades as spades !

Learning as a process … may not end in ones life time
but what we are told is to cram up things in our prime

and then later on…reap the benefits of these degrees
ah! what a shame ! we succumb… but everyone
secretly disagrees ;

we all when we grow up recognise the faulty logic
of wasting our best years in merely learning the trick

of getting good grades….of mastering the rote
and not really learning…anything of note !

Then we all end up…shallow yet prosperous
and aha ! life becomes an ordeal for each one of us

What , if instead , we spend our young years
in knowing and growing… overcoming our hidden fears

what if , instead , we look at the schools
as great places to explore…not creatures of rules

what if , instead, we take joy in finding out
and shun these wretched feelings of fear and of doubt

What if , instead , we don’t study just for examination
we shall not only excel….yet live a life full of elation !!!

DIFFERENT POETRY....crossword clues !

......if you TRY to follow POE.......it is POETRY
............and if you MOPE 'badly' ....you often make a POEM
.......and if your attitude is in verse with the world....... you are IN VERSE !
........and if you are a POET you are a mad TOP 'EGG HEAD'....!!!
....... and if you are a 'bad' rhymer .... then you are a mad MERRY with a HOT 'HEAD'....

if you cant figure this out....or even if you do......come back to me

cluingly yours.....

love.......bhaskarbenjamin